Former Dutch international legend arjan Robben participated in the 38th Harun Half Marathon on March 7 in a village around Robben's hometown of Groningen. Robben finished in 1 hour, 20 minutes and 37 seconds, ranking 19th out of 1277 participants.
Two years ago, Robben had publicly stated that he wanted to challenge the marathon. Former Groningen MP Erben Wennemars completed the challenge with Robben, who had planned to participate in the 40th Rotterdam Marathon last October. However, due to the epidemic, the competition was eventually cancelled and the plan was stranded. But that didn't stop Robben's resolve to finally test his knife this spring at a small half-horse race in his hometown.
The result of 1 hour and 20 minutes, for ordinary runners, is the level of the ceiling, which requires very diligent training to achieve. Former national football coach Li Tie challenged the half horse for the first time at the Xiamen Marathon in early 2014, finishing the race in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
As a winger, "Peter Pan" Robben's starting and sprinting speed is very impressive. In addition to his excellent explosive power, his running endurance is also outstanding. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Robben ran 42.72 km in the first four races, ranking first in the team.
Robben's national team teammate Van der Sar participated in the 2011 New York City Marathon, running 4 hours, 19 minutes and 16 seconds. Robben's former Real Madrid teammate Raul ran 2 hours, 59 minutes and 25 seconds at the 2019 Madrid Marathon, breaking the three-hour milestone.
Raul only became obsessed with long-distance running after retiring from the New York Universe. In March 2016, he competed in the New York Half Marathon, where he finished his first half marathon at 2 hours 06 minutes and 03 seconds. He was running with his wife the whole time in that race and didn't do his best. At the 16-year New York City Marathon, Raul ran 3 hours, 26 minutes and 05 seconds for the first time.
Robben and Raul have a very good relationship. In the summer of 2010, When Raul joined Bundesliga Schalke 04, Robben wrote a text message in Spanish to his former teammates and veteran captain: "Welcome Raul, good luck!" But the winner will be ours, sir, Arjan (Robben). ”
Compared to Raul, Robben's first half-horse start was very high. This also makes people look forward to the achievements of "Peter Pan" when challenging the whole horse in the future.